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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[F.

titulaire

, fr. L.

titulus

. See

Existing in title or name only; nominal; having the title to an office or dignity without discharging its appropriate duties;

as, a

titular

prince

If these magnificent titles yet remain
Not merely

titular

Milton.

Titular bishop

See under

Noun.

A titulary.

[R.]

Adj.

[L. titulus.]

Existing in title or name only; nominal; having or conferring the title only; as a titular king or prince.

Having the title to an office or dignity without discharging the duties of it.

Both Valerius and Austin were titular bishops.